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US-9344663

Sensing method on sensing device by smart terminal and smart terminal using the same

PublishedMay 17, 2016
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Technical Abstract

A sensing method for a smart terminal to interact with a sensing device in a remote control device is provided. The sensing method includes following steps. The first step is that the smart terminal obtains a current sensing device usage information. The second step is according to the current sensing device usage information and the previous sensing device usage information pre-stored in the smart terminal, the smart terminal determines whether a change occurs in a sensing device usage situation. When the change occurs in the sensing device usage situation, the remote control device associated with the smart terminal and carrying a plurality of sensing devices is notified.

Patent Claims
6 claims

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1. A sensing method for a smart terminal to interact with a sensing device in a remote control device, comprising: (A), obtaining a current sensing device usage information by the smart terminal, wherein the current sensing device usage information comprises an identity of a current application and a type of a sensing device currently applied by the current application, wherein the current application is defined as an application opened on the smart terminal and also currently being used by a user; (B), determining whether a change occurs in a sensing device usage situation according to the current sensing device usage information and a previous sensing device usage information pre-stored at the smart terminal; and (C), transmitting a notification to the remote control device when the change occurs in the sensing device usage situation, so that the remote control device takes control of the sensing device currently applied by the current application.

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2. The sensing method according to claim 1 , wherein the step (A) further comprises: obtaining an information of the current application in real-time by the smart terminal, wherein the information of the current application comprises the identity of the current application; retrieving an information of sensing device supported applications when the change occurs in the sensing device usage situation, wherein the information of sensing device supported applications comprises a list, and the list comprises identities and corresponding sensing device types of sensing device supported applications; determining whether the identity of the current application is in the list; and when the identity of the current application is in the list, obtaining the corresponding sensing device type, and generating the current sensing device usage information according to the identity of the current application and the corresponding sensing device type.

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3. The sensing method according to claim 1 , wherein the step (B) further comprises: according to the current sensing device usage information and the previous sensing device usage information pre-stored at the smart terminal, determining whether the current application applies a new sensing device and whether the type of the sensing device is changed; and according to the current sensing device usage information and the previous sensing device usage information pre-stored at the smart terminal, determining whether the previously activated sensing device is no longer in use.

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4. The sensing method according to claim 3 , further comprising: when it is determined that the current application applies the new sensing device or when the type of the sensing device is changed, recording the type of the new sensing device; and when it is determined that the previously activated sensing device is no longer in use, recording the type of the sensing device no longer in use.

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5. The sensing method according to claim 4 , wherein the step (C) further comprises: generating a sensing device activation notification according to the recorded type of the new sensing device; generating a sensing device deactivation notification according to the recorded type of the sensing device no longer in use; and transmitting the sensing device activation and/or deactivation notification to the remote control device, so that the remote control device activates the news sensing device and/or deactivates the sensing device no longer in use.

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6. The sensing method according to claim 1 , further comprising: replacing the previous sensing device usage information by the current sensing device usage information, and storing the current sensing device usage information to a predetermined address.

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August 2, 2013

Publication Date

May 17, 2016

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